Attribute Points

For each level you gain, you receive attribute points to improve the effectiveness of your skills. Allocating points to an attribute increases the power of skills and weapons tied to that attribute. Increase the attributes tied to the skills and weapons you think you'll use most often. You can adjust your attributes at any time as long as you are in a town location. This flexibility allows you to adjust your gameplay to adapt to new situations and effectively harness new weapons and spells. For instance, if your Warrior finds a rare sword but you have trained the Warrior in axes by pumping up the Axe Mastery attribute, you can simply go to town, reallocate the attribute points you have in Axe Mastery and put them into Swordsmanship instead. http://www.guildwars.com/gameplay/gettingstarted/attributes/